Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 527 Blackmail

"What?" Li Zheng looked at Kota in surprise: "You've been following Delta around, and you don't even know the real identities of the two receptionists at the door?"

Kota was sweating profusely: "We're just lowly thugs, how dare we inquire about the identities of public officials? What if people think we have ulterior motives..."

"Oh~"

Li Zheng understood that since there was no enmity between the two sides, it would indeed cause people to overthink if he rashly inquired about the other party's identity.

In extreme cases, it's quite easy for someone to use their position to kill one or two ordinary people.

However, this only strengthened Li Zheng's resolve to obtain a public office, which would save him a lot of trouble.

Kota kept wiping away his sweat. The thought of how he and his two brothers had followed Yakumo and plotted to rob Li Zheng made him tremble with panic.

Fortunately, Lord Yakumo didn't hold it against them, otherwise we would only be able to drag out three tattered corpses from some dark corner now.

"I said... what race are you two? Why is this guy so scared after finding out your identities?" Li Zheng asked Ye Lan.

Just hearing their names is enough to intimidate others. Yakumo and Yoran's races must rank at least in the top three in the 902nd district, right?

"These people are afraid of us not because our race is so powerful," Ye Lan said calmly, "but because Yakumo and I are stronger. In the 902nd district, Yakumo is ranked in the top fifty in terms of individual strength."

"And what about you?" Li Zheng asked curiously.

"My ranking is not worth mentioning." Ye Lan shook his head slightly, not saying it explicitly, but you could tell from his tone that he was at least no worse than Yakumo.

"Top...top thirty!" Kota swallowed nervously and whispered in Li Zheng's ear, "And that's the ranking from three years ago. It's only going to get stronger now!"

"Oh!"

Li Zheng was surprised: "I didn't realize you two were such powerful figures. I'd better hold on tighter."

"It's just an empty reputation, nothing to be proud of." Ye Lan spoke with an indifferent tone, but since his face was completely covered by a hood, only his features were visible, so it was impossible to tell whether his expression was truly calm.

Li Zheng glanced at him and suddenly realized that when he was in the Matrix, others probably viewed him with the same mindset he had now.

Legs!

hug!

"Still dare to argue?" Yakumo shouted angrily, and with a slight lift of his hand, Delta's body was covered in several wounds.

Even with Li Zheng's eyesight and mental strength, he couldn't see how she did it!
"Aaaaaah!" Delta screamed, looking at the crowd of onlookers. Among them were several members of the law enforcement team, who acted as if nothing had happened after seeing Yakumo, watching coldly from the sidelines.

His clansmen were among them.

"Lord Yakumo, I really didn't steal your money! There must be some misunderstanding, I can explain!" Delta was sweating profusely and begged for mercy.

"Still saying you didn't rob me, huh?" Yakumo pointed at Kota. "That Tagore guy, I saw you beat him up and throw him out. He just told me that you transferred all the money from his Inscription Card. We have witnesses right here. Are you still going to deny it?"

"Huh? Kota?"

Delta was bewildered; his underling had switched sides, and had actually jumped ship to Yakumo's side?

Why didn't he say so in the first place?

If he had told me, how could I have dared to take action?
……wrong!
It's not Yakumo!

Delta saw the new rookie next to Kota and understood everything.

Naisi, he really didn't expect that an ordinary rookie would be connected with Yakumo and Yoran.

No wonder Yakumo didn't come looking for me when I threw Kota and the others out, but waited until now to make my move. It turns out that Kota's backer wasn't Yakumo, but that newcomer.

"Well? Do you have anything else to say?" Yakumo looked down at Delta, as if he were ready to kill her at the slightest provocation.

"I...I'll pay you back, I'll give you all the money back!" Delta lowered his head: "Please, Lord Yakumo, have mercy on me this time."

"If you had been this obedient earlier, you wouldn't have had to suffer like this." Yakumo took out the inscription card and said succinctly, "Transfer money!"

"Okay, I'll transfer it right away!" Delta transferred 3,300 white crystal coins into Yakumo's card, which was all the money he had taken from Kota.

"That's not right, is it?" Yakumo glanced at it. "Only this much?"

"That's all, I'm returning it all to you." Delta understood Yakumo's meaning perfectly well.
This is an attempt to extort money from him!
"Hey you, come here for a second." Yakumo beckoned to Li Zheng. "Tell me, how much did he steal?"

Delta looked at him expectantly, hoping he would let him off the hook. Unfortunately, Li Zheng decisively chose Yakumo over the other two. "Hmm, I didn't pay attention when I transferred the money to my little brother, but I'm sure of one thing: it was at least a five-figure sum!"

Five figures?!

Delta almost cursed when he heard the number.

You're just a newbie who just entered the outer city, where did you get so much money to give to others?
You can't extort money like this, can you?
"Five figures?" Yakumo asked, his tone ambiguous.

Li Zheng pondered for a moment: "It could also be a six-figure sum."

Poof! ~
Delta coughed up a mouthful of blood in anger, pointing at Li Zheng and trembling as she questioned, "You...you just entered the outer city, where did you get six figures in white crystal coins? Do you think everyone else is stupid?"

Li Zheng didn't like hearing that.

Who are you looking down on?

It's just a six-figure sum of white crystal coins. Do you really think you can't afford it?

Li Zheng took out his inscription card and showed the balance: "Look for yourself, how much is this!"

“Three… thirty…” Delta counted, then her eyes widened in disbelief: “Over three hundred thousand!?”

"Okay, then pay up." Li Zheng put away the inscription card and took a few steps back to avoid Delta resorting to desperate measures and dragging him down with her.

Delta glared at Li Zheng with venomous hatred, her eyes filled with a desire to slowly chew him up, to devour him whole, skin and bones.

Yakumo stepped aside to block Li Zheng: "What are you looking at? Pay up! You still owe me 330,000!"

"Impossible!" Delta roared indignantly, "I don't even have 100,000 in my inscription card, so how could there be any claim of robbing 330,000?"

Yakumo didn't seem to care, and said indifferently, "Who knows if you transferred the money to other people in the clan? I remember you have a younger brother, right?"

Upon hearing this, Delta's expression turned extremely ugly.

After a long silence, he lowered his head dejectedly: "I'll pay this money!"

"You should be glad I only asked for 330,000." Yakumo's luck suddenly turned cold: "If it were me in the past, your entire race would have been wiped out!"

Delta trembled, looking somewhat dejected: "Give me some time, I'll go raise the money."

"Go on, don't try anything funny." Yakumo waved his hand, telling him to get lost.

Li Zheng listened to their conversation from behind, and the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong.

It doesn't make sense. I was only robbed of a little money, so why would Yakumo say he wanted to exterminate the clan?

It seems there's more to this story.

"Stop speculating. This has nothing to do with you. It's a personal feud between me and his brother." Yakumo walked past Li Zheng, his previous nonchalant attitude replaced by a much more serious tone.

Ye Lan walked over to Yakumo and said, "Mi's matter is still unresolved. If you do this, you will offend the race behind Delta..."

"Yalan!" Yakumo said sharply, "Komi is our sister, how can you bear to watch her like this..."

Ye Lan: "I can't bear it, but everything requires evidence. We don't have any evidence to prove who persecuted Xiao Mi."

"Evidence? Evidence! Evidence!!" Yakumo roared, "All you do all day is shout for evidence, can you do anything else? Miya is still lying in the doctor's, and it's unknown when she will wake up. Are you just going to watch those people outside get away with it?"

"...Sigh!" Ye Lan sighed dejectedly, shook his head, and said no more.

He knew that Yakumo had been holding back a lot of anger these past few days. Ever since her younger sister Hisaya returned from serious injury, she had been burning with resentment.

but……

And aren't I the same?

Hisami is her sister, so isn't she also her own sister?

I'm anxious too!

But the peaceful days didn't last long. If they acted recklessly, they would start killing people in Block 902 again, just like before.

"This isn't over yet!" Yakumo said fiercely. "I will make everyone who has hurt Mi pay with their blood!"

(End of this chapter)